My Articles Padlet by ELVIN WANG https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink For the test on 11/22/2019 en-us 2019-11-19 14:09:31 UTC 2019-11-21 14:22:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f43c.png They were afraid of a strong central government because of their issues with King George III, they wanted everyone to have a chance to speak up, and they did not want want a strong central government because they did not want people to abuse their own power. elvinwang2026 https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/413361863 2019-11-19 14:19:36 UTC https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/413361863 Under the Articles, they had the power to collect taxes, create money, had one vote in congress, create their own laws, create their own courts, create their own militias, had their own constitutions, and regulate their trade. elvinwang2026 https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/414447595 2019-11-21 03:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/414447595 They could request money from the states, they could pass land ordinances (northwest ordinance), determine peace & war; decide disputes between states; establish and regulate interstate post offices. elvinwang2026 https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/414448451 2019-11-21 03:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/414448451 The government didn’t have the power to collect taxes, a vote of nine states were required to pass laws, all 13 states needed to agree in order to change the Articles of Confederation, congress had the power to make money and borrow from other nations, each state could make its own money which would be a problem when buying things from other states, states disagreed about the value of their money, each state did not have the power to regulate their trade, they needed a central authority because without a central authority states had to rely on its own trade laws, they made the first congress weak so that the british would look down on them, they were having their land taken away, and they didn't have enough money, and some states had rules that you could restricted imported goods. elvinwang2026 https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/414460662 2019-11-21 04:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elvinwang2026/thisisarandomuniquelink/wish/414460662